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The House approved a bill combating illegal insider trading. Debate also began on a voting rights measure and a resolution calling for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing on the operations budget for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Witnesses answered a range of…

The Congressional Black Caucus hosted a discussion on mental health stigma in African-American communities, ways schools can better identify and address students' mental health needs, and ac…

Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) held a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol concerning travel restrictions to Palestine and Israel. The news conference c…

The House passed a bill that would require insurance companies to recover patients with pre-existing conditions. Members also worked on a disaster relief bill for areas recovering from hurri…

The House passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would reverse Trump administration changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ((CFPB).

The House debated amendments to a spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This specific package includes money for…

Russell Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified at a House Budget Committee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. In his opening…

On Day 26 of a government shutdown, the House debated and passed a bill that provides over $12 billion in emergency funding for those recently affected by natural disasters, including hurric…

The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing on the role community colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before the House Education and Labor Committee. She fielded questions on a range of topics, including the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget propos…

The House worked on a bill requiring the president to keep the U.S. in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. President Donald Trump had said he would pull the U.S. out of the agreement…

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and and Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father, and others discussed anti-Muslim rhetoric in political discourse. Representative Omar spoke about President Trump’s r…

James Jeffrey, the Trump administration’s special envoy for Syria, testified about the president’s strategy in the region before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Jeffrey outli…

On day 34 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) held a news conference on legislation regarding child care for workers affected by the shutdown…

Thee House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the political situation in Venezuela and the status of U.S. humanitarian aid efforts in the country. Witnesses included U.S. Special En…

Two House subcommittees held a joint oversight hearing on President Trump’s travel ban. Witnesses on the first panel included government officials from Homeland Security Department and Custo…

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s decision to invoke an emergenc…

The House approved a resolution supporting a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The vote was 226-188. Members also passed a bill to restore Department of Justice oversi…

The House approved a bill that amends a federal labor law to address pay discrimination based on gender. Members also began work on a resolution that opposes President Trump’s ban on transge…